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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-14-05-05
Date Range
1906
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Driving the last spike on the low grade freight line, possibly the Susquehanna and Atglen. First row left to right: John Strimmel, Anna Atcheson, John Hendrie, Owen Bremmer - blacksmith who made the hammer and spike, George W. Hensel Jr. - hammering last spike, Alex Hendrie, Leander T. Hensel, Samuel Bair, Ezra B. Fritz, J. R. L. Atcheson, Richard Rohrer, Jerry Regan, John Cassidy, Dean Oatman, A. S. Harkness. Second row: Benjamin Cocharan, Barney Myers, Charlie Timanus, Vernon Harkness. Remainder of the group is Italian or African American railroad laborers.
Date Range
1906
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Atcheson, Anna
Atcheson, J. R. L.
Bair, Samuel
Bremmer, Owen
Cassidy, John
Cochran, Benjamin
Fritz, Ezra B.
Harkness, A. S.
Harkness, Vernon
Hendrie, Alex
Hendrie, John
Hensel, George W.
Hensel, Leander T.
Myers, Barney
Oatman, Dean
Regan, Jerry
Rohrer, Richard
Strimmel, John
Timanus, Charlie
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Blacksmiths
Hammers
Persons of color
Railroads
Spikes
Susquehanna & Atglen Railroad
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-14-05-05
Images
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